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Re: [Mgs] 54 TF ammeter question

Subject: Re: [Mgs] 54 TF ammeter question
From: PaulHunt73 via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 16:52:37 -0000
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The ammeter indicates the amount of current flowing.  If the cars =
electrics and battery are taking more than the dynamo can provide, then =
the ammeter will be showing a discharge.  If the engine revs are =
increased and this results in an increase in output from the dynamo, =
then the ammeter will indicate less of a discharge, and may move to show =
a charge.  Similarly if more things are switched on, then if a charge =
was being indicated before, that may reduce or it may become a =
discharge.  It all depends on how much current the cars electrics and =
battery are taking, compared with the dynamo output at the time.

Without the engine running i.e. no output from the dynamo switching =
anything - lights or ignition - on should show a discharge.

One needs to repolarise the dynamo after switch polarity or it will not =
charge.  If the polarity was switched between connecting the ammeter one =
way, then the other, and wasn't repolarised in between, then that would =
explain why the ammeter moved in the same direction both times. =20

But if the ammeter connections were reversed independently of switching =
the polarity, as seems likely, then there is some other reason why it =
indicates in the same direction as before reversing the connections.  =
Like the connections weren't actually reversed, of it was charging =
before but isn't now.  If the engine wasn't even run, just turned on =
ignition or lights, then the connections weren't actually reversed.

PaulH.


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    When engine revs increase, does the ammeter needle move farther?
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The ammeter indicates the amount of current =
flowing.&nbsp; If=20
the cars electrics and battery are taking more than the dynamo can =
provide, then=20
the ammeter will be showing a discharge.&nbsp; If the engine revs are =
increased=20
and this results in an increase in output from the dynamo, then the =
ammeter will=20
indicate less of a discharge, and may move to show a charge.&nbsp; =
Similarly=20
if&nbsp;more things are switched on, then if a charge was being =
indicated=20
before, that may reduce or it may become a discharge.&nbsp; It all =
depends on=20
how much current&nbsp;the cars electrics&nbsp;and battery are taking, =
compared=20
with the dynamo output at the time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Without the engine running i.e. no output from the =
dynamo=20
switching anything - lights or ignition - on should show a=20
discharge.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>One&nbsp;needs to repolarise the dynamo after switch =
polarity=20
or it will not charge.&nbsp; If&nbsp;the polarity&nbsp;was =
switched&nbsp;between=20
connecting the ammeter one way, then the other, and wasn't repolarised =
in=20
between, then that would explain why the ammeter moved in the same =
direction=20
both times.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>But if the ammeter connections were reversed =
independently of=20
switching the polarity, as seems likely, then&nbsp;there is some other =
reason=20
why it indicates in the same direction as before reversing the=20
connections.&nbsp; Like the connections weren't actually reversed, of it =
was=20
charging before but isn't now.&nbsp; If the engine wasn't&nbsp;even run, =
just=20
turned on ignition or lights, then&nbsp;the connections weren't actually =

reversed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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